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Greek Mythology Flashcards

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Aphrodite

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Goddess of Love & Beauty, loves to meddle

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Apollo

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God of the Sun and rides a chariot

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Artemis

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Goddess of the Moon & the hunt, she loves to hunt and is the twin of Apollo

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Athena

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Goddess of Wisdom, famous for turning Arachne into a spider, also fights in the war.

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Cronos

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The father of the Olympians like Zeus and Hera, and swallowed his children so they wouldn’t overthrow him.

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Cupid

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God of love, fell in love with Psyche, also known as Eros. Can make people fall in love with arrows.

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Demeter

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Goddess of the Harvest, mother of Persephone, determines the seasons and cares for plants and flowers.

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Gaea

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Mother Earth, and mother of Cronos and other Titans.

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Hades

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God of the Underworld, kidnapped Persephone and then married her.

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Hephaestus

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God of Fire, married to Aphrodite, and likes to work with metal and forge jewlery

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Hera

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Wife of Zeus, Queen of Gods, and goddess of women and motherhood

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Hermes

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Delivers messages, and is the god of trickery.

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Hestia

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Goddess of the Hearth and Home.

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Medusa

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She has snakes in her hair and can turn whoever looks at her into stone.

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Odysseus

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An intelligent Greek leader during the Trojan War

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Pandora

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Curiosity and the Box, the first moral woman, Zeus curses the morals with a box that she opens.

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Persephone

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The daughter of Demeter got kidnapped by Hades and married him.

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Persephone

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Daughter of Demeter got kidnapped by Hades and married him.

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Perseus

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Son of Zeus and Danae, and the grandson of King Acrisius, he beheaded Medusa and married Andromeda

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Poseidon

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God of water and horses, can send storms

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Prometheus

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A moral that stole fire from Mount Olympus and was punished by an eagle ate his liver

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Rhea

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A titan that married Kronos, and is the mother of Zeus, Hera, and other Olympians

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Uranus

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The oldest god, and the god of the sky, married Gaea, the father of Cronos, and Zeus overthrew him

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Zeus

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Son of Cronos and Rhea, the king of gods who overthrew his father and is the ruler of heaven and earth

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